Laundry-bag holder



" Feb. 3,1931. ETEL 1,791,097

LAUNDRY BAG HOLDER originaljF i led Nov. 19, 1928 0ft (Jet Patented Feb.3, 1931 fu 'rEn STATES ATNr F-FIC-E.'

orrro Jii'rEL, or CHICAGO, 1LLino1s, AssIeNoR T0 JOHN '3. RYAN, orCHICAGO, 1 ILLINOIS LAUNDRY-BAG HOLDER a lication filed November 19,1928, Serial No. 320,233. Renewed. June 27, 1930.

i This'inventionrelates to a holder for laun dry bags and the like, andmore particular.- lyto a cabinet holder hinged along one wall forsupporting a bag within the cabinet With the mouth of the bag open,and'which allows readyremoval of a filled bag and replacement with anempty bag, and whlch oablnet is of suohshape and arrangement so that 1tmay be readily placed against a wall or 111 a cornerto occupy'minimumfloor space Without decreasing the capacity ofthe bag,

An object of the inventionis to prov de a laundry hag holder which issubstantially rectangular in plan, so as to occupy, relative,- ly littlespace without sacrificing capacity. Y I

. Another object of the invention is to provide a laundry'bag holder, inWhichjabag is held-inopen position within a cabinet, which cabinet ishinged along one wall and slit along the opposite wall to enable thecabinet to be opened for the removal of afilled bag.

occupies minimum space without sacrificing capaclty.

The above, other and further objects of the. invention willo be apparentfrom the following description, accompanying drawings, andappendedclaims; 7 v

According to the invention, a cabinet s provided substantiallyrectangular in plan, and preferably of greater widththan' depth, andhinged along one of the, walls, preterably one'of theshorter walls. Aclamping member is. secured'to one of the other walls of the cabinet forsupporting an open mouthed bag within the cabinet, While a cover ishinged to the same other wall for closing the bag when access thereto isnot desired, so that'a pleasing piece oi furniture view of avcabithroughacabinet embodying; the invention showing a bag supportedwithin the cabinet and wit-l the cover open. 1

1gure3 is a horizontal section taken on line III II], of Figure 2.

isa horizontal section through the Figure 'cabinet with the parts-openand showing a filled bag tied-ready forremoval. I t

Figure 5 is a fragmental sectional view taken on line V- V of Figure 2.i r

The form chosen to'illustrate the present invention comprises two parts1 and Qhinged at 3, and having a cover 4. T

Thefcabinet illustrated is rectangular in plan, of greater width thandepth and with the hinge 3 in one of the shorter walls of the cabinets;The cover 4 is shown as hinged to what will be referred to herein as therear Wa eri n-i ?-v a ,The cabinet, issupported on casters'5 so asto bereadily movable. V

Theicabinet is v made of any suitable ma terial, snch as sheet metal,andmay be pr0- vided with a pleasing design, such as that shown n Figure 1,or of any other design.

I ,The cabinethas no bottom. 1

A l' aundry bag 6 is supported within the cabinet when in closedposition, that is, the positionshown in the drawings with the exceptionof Figure 4:, by passing the margin than depth, arranged for hingedopening H along one of the shorter Walls, a clamping band hinged totherear Wall for holding an open mouthed bag in said cabinet, a coveralso hinged to the rear Wall for closing the cabinet, the partscomprising the other shorter Wall having locking means thereon forlocking said cabinet in closed position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Chicago,Oook'County,

Illinois.

OTTO JETEL.

